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Asking Scott Yauck what he’s working on tends to take a while. On a recent morning, the founder and CEO of Cobalt Partners unfurled a large sheet of paper across a conference table at the commercial real estate development firm’s headquarters in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward and worked his way down a list of more than a dozen projects that the firm has in the works throughout the region. More than 30 minutes later, Yauck was finally finished.

Greenfield may be getting a new neighbor near The Turf. Developers brought a concept for Loomis Crossing Technology Park — three industrial and flex buildings along West Loomis Road by Interstate 43 — to the Plan Commission on Oct. 14. Under the plan, four lots would be combined under a certified survey map. At the meeting, the Plan Commission reviewed the project as a concept only and took no action. Any future approvals for the project would go to the Common Council.

Another substantial development has been proposed for Pabst Farms that would include 210 acres of land lying in Summit and the city of Oconomowoc. The plans for the mixed-use development are being brought forth by Milwaukee- based Cobalt Partners and landowner Pabst Farms Development.

Milwaukee-based developer Cobalt Partners on Thursday announced plans to acquire a 16-acre site in the Village of Brown Deer, along North...

Milwaukee-based real estate development firm Cobalt Partners is excited to announce the hiring of Jamie Stefan as its Chief Administrative Officer. With well over a decade of executive experience in the real estate investment and legal sectors, Stefan will focus on successfully executing key strategic initiatives, enhancing operational efficiencies, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration.

Developers have secured approval from the City of Greenfield Planning Commission for The Signature, a new multi-family apartment complex in Greenfield, and now await the Common Council to sign off.

A former Mequon water park is being sold to a local firm that plans to redevelop the property. Cobalt Partners plans to buy the Hy & Richard Smith JCC Water Park from the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center. The 6.5-acre water park, 11015 N. Market St., closed after the 2024 season because of financial constraints. The purchase is to close by early June. “Cobalt Partners has a reputation for working productively with municipalities and delivering positive outco

A new restaurant is planned in Milwaukee's Third Ward — across from Café Benelux and the Milwaukee Public Market — after current occupant Cobalt Partners relocates its first-floor offices in the space to the top floor. Milwaukee developer Cobalt Partners said Thursday that it has acquired the top floor of the Commission House building at 400 N. Broadway and will move its offices there later this year. The move follows a significant design and renovation effort led by Milwau

Milwaukee-based Marquee Capital, the real estate investment arm of Marcus Corp., purchased the large-format retail portions of the 84South development in Greenfield for $33.1 million. The purchase includes three separate retail buildings with about 195,000 square feet of leasable retail space, all of which is occupied. Major tenants include Kohl’s, Total Wine & More, Fresh Thyme...

Developers Pitch Dream Projects for Northridge Site

Wauwatosa-based Matter Development is proposing a 153-unit senior living facility as the next phase of the 26-acre OneNorth development in Bayside.

Construction has begun on the first of several buildings planned in downtown Kenosha as part of a nine-block redevelopment effort known as the Kenosha Harbor District.

At their nearly completed $40 million apartment building, known as The Symphony, Scott and Charles Yauck of Milwaukee-based Cobalt Partners notice everything. In the stairwell, walls are marked with blue tape where the paint needs a touch up. Inside one of the building’s 98 apartment units, they double check that all the hardware is fastened tightly.

Milwaukee-based Cobalt Partners is welcoming tenants to its first apartment building at its Loomis Crossing development in Greenfield, but in order to keep development at the 38-acre site going amid ballooning development costs, Cobalt and the city have entered into a new development agreement.

It’s a story not unlike many cities in the upper Midwest. A series of manufacturing plant closures left Kenosha’s downtown mostly empty for many years. From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, the once-bustling manufacturing town saw companies like American Motor Corp., Anaconda American Brass and MacWhyte Co. shut down or reduce their operations in the city, eliminating thousands of jobs.

Next Phase of Bayside Development includes Grocer, Health Club and Luxury Apartments

A rendering of the OneNorth development is on display as part of the groundbreaking ceremony of the OneNorth development in Bayside on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. The project, north of West Brown Deer Road between I-43 and North Port Washington Road, is to include apartments, retail and a new home for the North Shore Library.

When Greenfield Mayor Michael Neitzke was first elected in 2005, he had already heard plenty of excuses from developers about why more ambitious developments wouldn’t work in the small suburban city just southwest of Milwaukee.

The 38-acre Loomis Crossing development at Interstate 894 and Loomis Road in Greenfield achieved a key milestone on Thursday as developers celebrated the groundbreaking for construction of a 40,288-square-foot medical office building planned for the sprawling campus.